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ObsEva SA to Attend LEERINK Partners Global Healthcare Conference in NYC

Feb 03, 2017 12:01 pm UTC| Business

Geneva, Switzerland - February 03, 2017 - ObsEva SA (ObsEva) announced today that Ernest LOUMAYE, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder and Tim ADAMS, CFO, will attend the LEERINK Partners Global Healthcare Conference and hold...

Wabtec Announces Results Of Initial Tender Offer For Shares Of Faiveley Transport

Feb 03, 2017 12:00 pm UTC| Business

WILMERDING, Pa., Feb. 03, 2017 -- Wabtec Corporation (NYSE:WAB) has closed the initial cash tender offer and exchange offer (the “Offer”), which was open from Dec. 27, 2016 to Jan. 30, 2017, for shares of Faiveley...

Energy XXI Gulf Coast Announces Executive Leadership Changes

Feb 03, 2017 12:00 pm UTC| Business

Chairman Michael S. Reddin Appointed Interim CEO Senior EP Executive Scott M. Heck Appointed COO HOUSTON, Feb. 03, 2017 -- Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. (“EGC” or the “Company”), a leading independent oil and...

Great Basin Scientific’s Shiga Toxin Direct Test Clinical Evaluation and Cost Analysis Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Feb 03, 2017 12:00 pm UTC| Business

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 03, 2017 -- Great Basin Scientific, Inc. (OTCQB:GBSN), a molecular diagnostics company, today announced the Journal of Clinical Microbiology published results of a study analyzing the sensitivity...

Hershey Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2016 Results; Provides 2017 Outlook

Feb 03, 2017 12:00 pm UTC| Business

Fourth-quarter and full-year net sales increased 3.2% and 0.7%, respectively, including the impact of acquisitions and foreign currency exchange rates- Unfavorable foreign currency exchange rates a 0.5 point and 0.7 point...

WisdomTree Announces Fourth Quarter 2016 Results

Feb 03, 2017 12:00 pm UTC| Business

$0.02 diluted EPS for the quarter,or $0.03 as adjusted Declares $0.08 quarterly dividend NEW YORK, Feb. 03, 2017 -- WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ:WETF), an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) and exchange-traded...

Brookfield Property Partners Reports Fourth Quarter & Full-Year 2016 Results

Feb 03, 2017 11:50 am UTC| Business

Net Income of $92 Million for the Quarter and $2.7 Billion for the Year;Company FFO of $268 Million for the Quarter and $967 Million for the Year;Quarterly Distribution Raised by 5.4% All dollar references are in U.S....

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What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

Technology

US Orthodontic Leader Accepts Shiba Inu, Embracing Cryptocurrency for Payments

Shiba Inu, the popular meme coin, is experiencing a period of growth and increased utility. Amoré Orthodontic Aligners, a company that specializes in orthodontic care, recently announced that it will now accept SHIB...

Crypto Lender Genesis to Return $3 Billion in Bankruptcy Wind-Down Amid Rising Creditor Haircuts

Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval to return nearly $3 billion to customers, while a report highlights a significant increase in creditor haircuts in bankruptcy cases to 73% in FY24. Judge Approves...

Binance Enhances SHIB, USTC, AGIX Trading and Liquidity for Better Market Dynamics

Binance has announced efforts to enhance liquidity and trading for Shiba Inu (SHIB), USTC, and SingularityNET (AGIX), including tick size adjustments aimed at improving market dynamics and trading experience. Binances...

OpenAI Disbands Team Tackling AI Risks Amid Leadership Changes and GPT-4o Launch

OpenAI has dismantled its Superalignment team, initially formed to address AI risks, following the resignations of key leaders Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike. OpenAI Disbands Superalignment Team Days After Leaders Resign,...
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